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Tonerider - No More?

dan77

www.customshop.co.za - Just in case you haven't noticed!

What do you think?
Maybe there's bargains to be had here? ?
Has anyone contacted them?

Manfred-Klose

that will be a real bummer

Big-G

Sounds like the SA dealer is packing up shop, and looking to sell out his remaining stock? Don't think it means Toneriders gone bust though? Surely not?

Cheers
G!

AlanRatcliffe

No, I think it's more that Andre hasn't been in the country enough lately to do the brand justice, so he's decided to drop the agency.

Wizard

Quickly ordered a set of telecaster pup's before the end ... ☹

singemonkey

Real shame that. Hope someone else is able to take the baton. Good pickups. Good prices.

Wizard

My arbitrary claim to fame is that I secured the very last set of Tele Vintage Plus pups from Andre last night.
Came with a fascinating discussion of power generation in Nigeria.

Here's what he has left:
http://www.customshop.co.za/general/Tonerider%20Pricelist.pdf

Chocklit_Thunda

How do you go about ordering?

Wizard

Chocklit_Thunda wrote: How do you go about ordering?

Fill in the order form here:
http://customshop.co.za/

Chocklit_Thunda

Oh sweet, thanks! I thought maybe the site wouldn't be up and running so the normal ordering way wouldn't work.

dan77

Got a set of Rocksongs (lame name I know) on Tuesday, installed them and I gotta tell you, these are awesome sounding pups! They've got the alnico 2 magnets in them and the bridge is just nicely balanced with the neck. Fantastic purchase at R800.00/set. Went to pick them up myself and I gotta say Andre is a cool oke with a LOT of knowledge.

Don't know how long these pups are going to be available still so my advice is get in there and get some. I have a sneaky suspicion that they're going to become a lot more expensive later on this year. ?

AlanRatcliffe

dan77 wrote: Don't know how long these pups are going to be available still so my advice is get in there and get some. I have a sneaky suspicion that they're going to become a lot more expensive later on this year. ?

Absolutely - if the agency is taken over by a wholesaler rather than a direct seller, they will become more available in stores, but prices will jump to support the wholesale structure. So far we have been paying something akin to wholesale prices ourselves.

Oh, and I can personally recommend both the Alnico IV and the Rebel 90s. ?

Garth-S

I LOVE my Alnico IV's 8) Highly recommended!

studmissile

Sorry got the last Tele Set ?, it was just too good a price!

Chocklit_Thunda

I'm getting a set of A4's! Excited! ? too bad they're in black.... I would kill for a set with nickel covers

TomCat

Garth Strydom wrote: I LOVE my Alnico IV's 8) Highly recommended!

Alnico IV's FTW...Have them in my Ibby Arc300.... :yup: :yup: :yup:

NileshHansjee

Just visited the site now, following message appears:

"The Tonerider South African Online Store will be closed from 1 March until 17 April. See You in 6 weeks!"

A good sign, perhaps?

Chocklit_Thunda

Nah just for remaining stock... Been talking to Andre about taking over the distribution though... I'm in talks with my father as well. Just gotta do some more market research and send a few emails to see if it could be a possibility

As for the 6 week thing, Andre is out of the country from what I remember from the emails

NileshHansjee

Ah, right. Makes sense. Good luck with the distributorship ?

Chocklit_Thunda

Thanks man. Hopefully it works out! I just wanna see if its viable and if people would actually buy the pickups first before I dive int anything